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Archduke Joseph August of Austria

1872 - 1962

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Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia (9 August 1872 – 6 July 1962) was a Feldmarschall (field marshal) of the Austro-Hungarian Army and for a short period head of state of Hungary. He was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the eldest son of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria (1833–1905) and his wife Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846–1927). Joseph August's grandfather had been Palatine Joseph of Hungary (1776–1847), Palatine and Viceroy of Hungary, a younger son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. The Archduke Joseph Diamond, a 76.02 carat colourless diamond with internal flawless clarity, is named after the Archduke and officially recorded as his property. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Archduke Joseph August of Austria is the 4,669th most popular politician (down from 4,036th in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 121st in 2019) and the 50th most popular Hungarian Politician.

Archduke Joseph August of Austria was the first-born son of Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria. He was a great-grandson of Maria Theresa of Austria, and a great-great-grandson of the French king Louis XV. Joseph married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma, a daughter of Robert I, Duke of Parma. They had eight children together.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Archduke Joseph August of Austria ranks 4,669 out of 19,576. Before him are Jane Avril, Agrippa Postumus, Menua, Emperor Wu of Liang, Conrad, Duke of Lorraine, and Jovan Vladimir. After him are Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Theodore I Palaiologos, Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Abu Yaqub Yusuf, Verres, and Leo Kanner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Archduke Joseph August of Austria ranks 34. Before him are Georgy Chicherin, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, Dionysios Kasdaglis, Gotse Delchev, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark, and José Sanjurjo. After him are Habibullah Khan, Julius Fučík, Princess Clémentine of Belgium, Édouard Herriot, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Hugo Alfvén. Among people deceased in 1962, Archduke Joseph August of Austria ranks 40. Before him are Joseph Berchtold, Hanns Eisler, Jacques Ibert, Killing of Peter Fechter, Ivan Meštrović, and Dušan Simović. After him are Eiji Yoshikawa, Leonardo De Lorenzo, M. Visvesvaraya, Gianna Beretta Molla, André Lhote, and Owen D. Young.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Archduke Joseph August of Austria ranks 139 out of 1,077. Before him are Mária Telkes (1900), Gyula Horn (1932), Saint Emeric of Hungary (1000), Gusztáv Jány (1883), Prince Álmos (1070), and Saint Margaret of Scotland (1045). After him are John Harsanyi (1920), John Corvinus (1473), Miklós Jancsó (1921), Leopold Auer (1845), Max Nordau (1849), and András Schiff (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Archduke Joseph August of Austria ranks 50. Before him are János Áder (1959), István Tisza (1861), Döme Sztójay (1883), George II Rákóczi (1621), Gyula Horn (1932), and Prince Álmos (1070). After him are John Corvinus (1473), Piali Pasha (1515), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831), Béla Miklós (1890), Gyula Gömbös (1886), and Ferenc Mádl (1931).

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